Police have upheld an ICE request to increase the custody of a suspect in an Oklahoma on line casino kidnapping and rape case. [Image: Shutterstock.com]
Suspect on ICE
The Arkansas City Police Department has upheld a request from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to increase the custody of one of many jailed suspects in an Oklahoma on line casino kidnapping and rape case.
According to the ACPD, Luis Miguel Dominguez, 35, is topic to an US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer from the DHS that extends his custody an extra 48 hours.
rape and aggravated felony sodomy
The ACPD charged Dominguez and fellow Arkansas City native Jose Fernando-Lux Morales, 24, for the alleged kidnapping of an unnamed lady from the 7 Clans First Council Casino Hotel in Newkirk, Oklahoma on August 17. Police moreover charged Dominguez with rape and aggravated felony sodomy.
Cops to the rescue
The sufferer snatched from the tribal on line casino on Sunday was saved from her ordeal by the ACPD, which responded to a reported kidnapping name at round 1:18am.
Officers recognized the reported grey SUV on Arkansas City’s South Eighth Street and, upon contact, additionally recognized two males and one feminine occupant.
assaults continued whereas touring via Arkansas City”
The feminine sufferer reported being taken towards her will from the on line casino in Oklahoma, which is 5 miles from the Kansas border. She additionally alleged each males sexually assaulted her and that the “assaults continued while traveling through Arkansas City.”
Arkansas City Fire/EMS Department arrived on the scene to deal with the girl earlier than taking her to hospital for added medical care. The ACPD arrested Dominguez and Morales earlier than reserving them into the Cowley County Jail.
Media studies on Tuesday cite the Cowley County Sheriff Department’s inmate roster as itemizing Dominguez and Morales had been nonetheless being held within the county jail on respective bonds of $1m and $500,000.
Suspect faces life in jail
Besides Dominguez’s ICE detainer, the suspect has allegedly racked up a number of crimes in Kansas, together with home battery, failure to pay youngster assist and to seem in court docket, and working a automobile and not using a legitimate driver’s license.
Under Kansas legislation, if discovered responsible of rape, courts can sentence Dominguez to a most of life in jail.
The ACPD said that its investigation into the crime is ongoing.
